<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Heather Moll Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heather Moll is the author of romantic Jane Austen variations.]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/articles</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:29:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.heathermollauthor.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Time and Travel Distance in Pride and Prejudice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Realistic travel times for Pride and Prejudice locations, with some reasonable guesses for where those made up places might be.]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/time-and-travel-distance-in-pride-and-prejudice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68043e085473c994f1bc4c57</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Era]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Most Natural Consequence]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_243adefba1e345ce8ba4f8a7713547f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Georgian Jewelry: Aigrettes]]></title><description><![CDATA[C 1790-1810 Aigrette crescent and spray. Silver with an open-back and set with pastes. I always enjoy working Georgian jewelry into a book. Sometimes it’s a thoughtful gift, and often that gift ties in to a theme of the story. And other times, in the process of searching out jewelry while I’m plotting, that piece of jewelry ends up being a plot point. In A Most Natural Consequence, a meaningful gift and a plot point came together with a diamond aigrette.   An aigrette is a hair ornament...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/georgian-jewelry-aigrettes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6805421f0306f55bd56cef1b</guid><category><![CDATA[Georgian Jewelry]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Most Natural Consequence]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:02:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_30a428dc3492491183746ca979dfb7cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Most Natural Consequence Excerpt and Giveaway]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm excited that A Most Natural Consequence came out last week! Scroll for an excerpt from this forced marriage scenario where they agree to work together to make their marriage a success... and deal with a villainous Wickham and fall in love at the same time. They’re trying to navigate an unexpected marriage. But blackmail, lies, and their own insecurities could wreck their happily ever after… Elizabeth is in Ramsgate with her mother and Kitty and Lydia at the same time as Darcy, Wickham,...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/a-most-natural-consequence-excerpt-and-giveaway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698a087fd471d728ee690d5a</guid><category><![CDATA[A Most Natural Consequence]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:30:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_dc3b6672a1b14dd7be86e1ac419caa18~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regency cooking: syllabub]]></title><description><![CDATA[I returned to the  Jane Austen Cookbook  to make that well-known dessert favorite syllabub. Or, at least well known if you’re a Georgian-era super fan. Syllabub is mix of alcohol and dairy, and sugar, depending on how sweet your alcohol is. Variations of this English dessert go back to the 16th century. There’s a mention in a 1537 play ‘A New Interlude Called Thersites’, which states: “You and I… Muste walke to him and eate a solybubbe.” The word syllabub possibly comes from Sille, an area in...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/regency-cooking-syllabub</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68681e93d7f2edd2bbad4601</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Cooking]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:59:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_54c17d0500fe4f6dbe0c9e452dfbd136~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the way: A Most Natural Consequence]]></title><description><![CDATA[In March, I'm bringing out a forced marriage but-they-already-kinda-like-each-other book! In A Most Natural Consequence , Mrs. Bennet takes Elizabeth, Kitty, and Lydia to Ramsgate in the summer of 1811 and while there, the girls befriend lonely Georgiana Darcy and amiable George Wickham. All goes awry when Darcy visits and Wickham pursues Lydia. She’s protecting her family from disgrace. He’s shielding his from slander. Trapped in a compromising situation, can they find a path to love?  ...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/on-the-way-a-most-natural-consequence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688f4600f741774de100b54b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:08:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_dc3b6672a1b14dd7be86e1ac419caa18~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regency Indian curry]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been meaning to make this recipe since I first saw it in Jane Austen's Cookbook,  especially since it was from Martha Lloyd’s...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/regency-indian-curry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686678843521e3532615935c</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Cooking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:04:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_0f1f3efa72ca44bda1f3103c3ab896bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regency medical practitioners ]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you're sick in 1812, which doctor are you calling: physician, surgeon, or an apothecary? They're not the same, and they can't all be...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/regency-medical-practitioners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d4d7cc84cfe914c8ab2c6f</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Era]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:57:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_f4ed57e8a10f4e2690c880c1e983620b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word Choice Part 6: Is it regency or modern]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you ever read a regency romance or JAFF and come across a word that sounds too modern for Georgian England? Well, it's always a good idea to check your assumptions! This article delves into my words and phrases I've found that might sound mdoern, but were actually appropriate for regency-set books.]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/word-choice-part-6-is-it-regency-or-modern</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680385f30b02377df230f179</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:06:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d83bd3c21df94d5286771b9bc07e8541.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Requirements for Love Excerpt and Giveaway]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m excited to tell you about my next Love in London kisses-only book Requirements for Love.  In all of these books, Darcy and Elizabeth...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/requirements-for-love-excerpt-and-giveaway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6899ce52fc810a67e3190da9</guid><category><![CDATA[Requirements for Love]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:45:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_bc1e0d09a4d24b988873cc62354afb73~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_721,h_940,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the way: Requirements for Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[In September, I'll put out another installment in my Love in London series! These unordered kisses-only books take place with Darcy and...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/on-the-way-requirements-for-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686277d7759f083af988c456</guid><category><![CDATA[Requirements for Love]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:24:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_188db76bee13441684dcfe37a43adf35~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gothic literature and Jane Austen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Loving Miss Tilney  is about Eleanor Tilney, a secondary character in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey , which itself is a parody of the...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/gothic-literature-and-jane-austen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c9697151f0b880be5fea81</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Era]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loving Miss Tilney]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_0e8404653b49475798c125e72f94f97b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_640,h_999,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Word Choice Part 5: Is it regency or modern?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been keeping track of some of the modern sounding words that come up while writing historical fiction. Sometimes, I look up words...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/word-choice-part-5-is-it-regency-or-modern</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6717de3cabec66d160474515</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:27:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d83bd3c21df94d5286771b9bc07e8541.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride is a winner!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride  won silver in romance in ﻿The Independent Publisher Book Awards for 2025! The IPPY Awards is an affiliated awards...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/without-undue-pride-is-a-winner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6831ec10905d5dd1ac0eaca0</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:05:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_d231b1b92a0b467f98d3376f7ef701a8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regency era country banks]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Without Undue Pride , recently widowed Elizabeth Fitzwilliam learns her husband’s life savings is gone because the country bank he...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/regency-era-country-banks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a6e4d6e554c5724437ad20</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Era]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 16:09:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_01a7f6ad110b48759ab2de19c03f5807~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_467,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vellum versus Vellum AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a difference between the software Vellum used to format books and the entirely unrelated platform Vellum AI used to develop LLM apps. ]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/vellum-versus-vellum-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68236c92cc1ea2a7d0fcd007</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 16:25:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9a0057cc4234442ca2298a5208d25a97.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_333,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coverture in regency England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prior to marriage, a woman in regency England could execute a will, enter into contracts, sue or be sued, and sell or give away her...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/coverture-in-regency-england</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ae387ce59f49e3d4fe4163</guid><category><![CDATA[Regency Era]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:02:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_58540141c48c4747a9e1c6c329a48062~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Jane Austen's Bookshelf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney. Published by...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/book-review-jane-austen-s-bookshelf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b21f6a9737040de38527ec</guid><category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:02:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_df17af14f5d84b90bdbd559fdc76c506~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thieves and pirates and AI, oh my]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my commitment to not using AI as a productivity tool in writing Jane Austen variations.]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/thieves-and-pirates-and-ai-oh-my</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ed27d3f9329bec87adab84</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_7933546c2d6362552d4355~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regency cooking: jugged steaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adventures in regency cooking continue as I tackle more recipes from the Jane Austen Cookbook. I chose this one because it sounded...]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/regency-cooking-jugged-steaks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ae71b9f1af4a5f9f6ffdc9</guid><category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regency Cooking]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_5f25ff4033584199b28ac2ef528c7cfc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride giveaway]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride is here! I have an excerpt and a jewelry-themed giveaway. I feature Georgian jewelry in every Austen variation I write.]]></description><link>https://www.heathermollauthor.com/post/without-undue-pride-giveaway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67756f432232decda5768b84</guid><category><![CDATA[Georgian Jewelry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without Undue Pride]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:09:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b4916_f3287152bc93425a90de6d41bae32b9a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Heather Moll</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>